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      { From our oven Correspondent . J 3 Vwas arranged ihai Mr . O'Connor should adgpegsiheChartists of Fxome on IPuesday night last , after he Lad attended the Bath tea party , that was jujaea the same evening . jioaieis fourteen solas distant from B * th , and jJib toad 13 Tery JuDy . About ^ quarter to nine , ^ . O'Connor ana Mr . Bobertsainved ' , and immegjj ^ jjjBoeeeded to the warehouse of a gentleman , ^ oiad kindly - given It for ibe pnrposer of the —jppfag s the Gaartists having been disappointed in jaeir eipectatioBB of being allowed the use of some jf ihepntlio bnfldiEgs « r chapels , jmmeaiately npon Mr- ^ O'Connor ' s arriral , . a gfcjunnan was appointed , who , afters Tery few

      obserratioBS , intTodneed 24 r . p Coanorto themeefing . Hr- O'Connor had not spoken more than two Blnnles , n&en the ; een ^ e-beam of ihe ware room ga ^ e way , without a moment's noiice , and the dense mass ai each ade were precipitated headforemost into theTindenieatli floor mixed together In one common heap in ihe centre , with the "broken Jbeams and Scoring over some , and under others , 2 fot a bit ^ £ iQe 2 Dor remained standing , the whole laying given wayfrom the wall on either ade . The crash oi the large beam was terrible , but was soon loBfcin the piteonsinoansand groans of the sufiBarers We regret . to say that a ine yonng woman

      named . Mary Gabble , had her leg broken ; whilB many received severe eontnsions , sprains , and fractures ; aid also to add that" Mr . Feargns ©^ Connor received a Tery serions wound on the right leg and Mp , the leg being cnt along the calf from under the knee as far as the ancle bone inside , and much bruised ouMde . Mr . Boberts , who stood near the window and upon -a spot that remained almost the last , had a Tery narrow escape of being precipitated-from She window to the road , in his « ndeaY 0 nr to ayoid ihe general crash . Both gentlemen , as well as many others , lost their hats ; and it was not until the inins were moved , that Mr . CPCon nor ' s great coat was found .

      The circumstance has caused more excitement in Frome than we remember to have existed npon any preTioua occasion , in consegnence of the masters srtd liberal Dissenters ha-ripgrefased the Chartists thxrzise of any « f their buildings , for the purpose of iheir own meetings , while those mouthing Liberals , not * _ month -smoe , catsferipped the most -violent ' Chartist in violence , when their aid iwas courted ~ b j ibfi -Leaguers and Dissenters for tte purpose of Tefasfiggthe educational clauses in the Factory BilL The CiartistB offered £ fiy shillings , or any price in fust , for a place to meet in , but were disappointed , having Teceired Sat and impertinent refusals from the League and the Dissenters . There is no doubt that the discovery , and the calamity which

      was a consequence , of the illiberality of the middle classes , Tnll . haTiBa contrary effect to that which by ihe exercise of ^ heir petry power they had anticipated . The : people witnessed the sneers and jeera of their liberal friends upon the announcement of ihemmoBT that ran through the town , like lightning , thai Feargns O ^ Connor was killed . Mr . O'&mnor , however , haTing learned the true cause of the disaster Irojn the "woiiing men , assured ih pTn the misfortune shonld notproTe a triumph to faction ; Sot that he would return on Monday next to Frome , and hold as outdoor meeting upon firm ground which would Jiot give way . This announcement was recerred with lond cheers ; and the Committee forgetting the past danger , in ihe anticipated

      return of Mr . O Connor , set to work immediately to make arrangements for giving effect to the meeting of Monday next , which is to take place at six o ' clock in the evening . Ihe Liberals have already received a taste of that retribution which fhe Chartist body have resolved npon taking . They have spent & a portion of their time in going about in a hopeless endeavour to conciliate the wonnded , while the sufferers reject their sympathy , telling them , ihat to them the catastrophe is justly attributable . It may not be amiss to state our posfom _ here in Froma . tthe manufacture of woollen cloth is our staple trade , and the borengh returns one member . The representation has got into thehands ef Mr-Shepperd , thBprInrip& ! inann&cfcnrerofihetawn ;

      not from any qn&une&tion which he possesses for the discharge of hi 3 _ parliamentary duties , but , through the instrumentality of seventy pauper ten-ppnnders , who , as a part of their terms to-be allowed to slave , are compelled to live in a H . O , IF . S . Ii to vote out xS , Kotfrithstanding the support of his independent interest , however the friends ofdFreedom of election are compelled to contribute their auxiliary aid which is made up ofT . otes purchased in the followin manner . Bribery is loathsome to the mind of the " free-irader / ' and instead of openly buying the man , it is enstomary , when hard pressed , to give £ 5 for a cabbage , and as much as . £ 70 has been given for an old teakettle . Upon the last election £ 700 was placed at the disposal of a rigid , religions , free-trade , jasnce-lo-gaig ^ pgrhj-of-eieciioa , prfatthmg dissenter , as cabbage -and kettle money : which sum bad

      ihs cesred effect , as manifested in the return of the Shepherd of his fleecing lock . Perhaps Frome can fcrnish a better Illustration of what the probable effect of Household Suffrage would be , than any other t « wn in England . Some time ago a man named Brown resided in a H . O . U . S . £ . to live in , and was ihe very life and soul of Chartism in this district . Fortune , howeTer , or something even more capricious than thai fickle dame , removed him to a H . O . U . S . E . toTote out of ; and from that period to the present , Brown has allowed the Chartists to drag ihe waggon np the Mil , he himself having arrived

      at the summit . The working classes howeverwho have no votes , are beginning to look more seriously into thismodeoFconferriDgtrnsteeshipiipoii ihegn&rdi&ns « f popular rights , and hare resolved npon the neit opportunity , to iry the strength of the H . O . TJ . S . E . ± o liTfi in , against that of the BLO . U . S . E . to -rote out of ; and they have every confidence that a proper Organization and direction of the former , will bring the latter either to a sense of doty or of weakness . Upon the -whole , -srfiile -we zaonrn the C&tastrophe thai has taken place , we look to & better understanding amongst onr own body as the probable resnlt .

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      IRISH DISTURBANCES . —IMPORTANT CX > RKESPONDENCE . { From the Freemarfs Journal . )

      Dnblin , July lOtb , 1843 . Mr Lobd , —At the present crisis I deem it the hounden duty of every lover of the peace , happiness , and prosperity of their country , to furnish ; those who have the power to make laws with any facts which they may consider essential , to the end that those laws may be as jast and as equitable as human wisdom e&n devise . ; It appears , by the published report of ihe debate on the Irish Arms Bill , that your Lordship has stated— ; " 1 st . That murders havebeen committed in Ireland with greater impunity than in any other country in the . world . : 11 2 ndly , That there is more difficulty in bringing the guilty parties in Ireland to justice than there is in any other country in the world . ¦

      " 3 rdly . That the crime of robbery of fire arms is unknown in England or in any other country except Ireland . And with a view to remedy thefeo acknowledged evils vou have introduced the Irish'Arms ' Bril '' J 2 ? O 3 V , my Lord , I know a good deal about Ireland . I have been freqnently through nearly every part of it ; and although I am award that it may , for a time , make me Tery unp&pular , yet , justice—strict jnstico , demands that I should not only confirm your ] Lordship ' s statement , but must add that I have always looked upon the meddling of the Irish Caifioliojpriesthood in matters , I may say , of a strictly temporal nature , to haTe been exceedingly mischievous , though 1 believe well-intentioned .

      . The opposition which the Irish Arms * Bill has received , and is still likely to receive , in its progress throngh the Bouse of Commons , will afford me sufficient time to snpply yonr Lordship with some important facts which yon have omitted , and which I hope you will laj before Parliament . I have the honour to be , my Lord , Your Lordship ' s most obedient servant , Patrick O * Hj « glns . To the Right Honourable Lord Eliot , House of Commons , London . Irish Ofiice , July 12 , 1843 . Sib—I have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your communication of the 10 A inst . 1 am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Euot . Patrick O'Higgins , Esq ., Dnblin .

      Mi Lobs—I have been duly honoured by your lordship ' s letter acknowledging the receipt of my comsiunication of the 10 eh inst . ; I shall bow , in fulfilment of th 9 promise which I made in that communication , supply your Lordship with a few important facts which you omitted to state when you brought forward the Irish Arms ' Bill in the House of Commons . In doing so I shall take the liberty to say that in my humble opinion it is the imperative duty of any one wbo may Occupy fhe high and onerous position which yonr Lordship ocenpies , armed # j-o # cio with the power to make laws , to have those laws based upon truth , upon justice , and upon equity ; to the end that the-whole community , that is to say , the well disposed , may admit their justice , obey them cbeerfuliy , and respect and honour rhe authors of them . But , my Lord , a

      willing obedience to the laws or respect for lawmakers cannot be expected , from a people while they are under the 'mpression that those laws are founded upon a partial statement of a case , In , order to justify iheir enactment . The fullest , most rigid , and impartial inquiry should be instituted prior to the introduction of a bill such as the Arms' BilL And I hope that I shall convince yonr Lordship that a Parliamentary inquiry similar to that to which I have partially alluded is absolutely necessary as a matter of common justice , as a preliminary step to the introduction of the Irish Arms' Bill , or of any other bill of a similar tendency . My Lord , yon have stated , and your Lordship ' s statement has gone far and wide : — M 1 st . That the crime of robbery of fire arms is nakaown in England , or in any other country except in Ireland .

      " 2 nd . That there are more murders committed in Ireland , and with greater impunity , than in any other country in the world . " 3 rd . That there is more drEcnlty in bringing the guilty parties in Ireland to jastice than there is in any other country . " Now , my Lord , I believe these threo propositions to be circumstantially true . But yonr Lordship omitted altogether to state the cause of those d £ - graceful murders ; who vrere the parties murdered , . and by whom , and under what pretence , ^ urejy , my Lord , a great statesman , undertaking to legislate far sine million * of people , should bare stated tee wide case , and FtcnJd not bare relied npon Tague , loose , and indefinite accusation against a ' whole nation , as a justification of a harsh , partial , and arbitrary law .

      1 st . With respect to the crime of robbery of firearms in Ireland—a crime which your Lordsnip says , and says truly , is unknown in England or any other country—it is rigfct to trace the cause to tat fountain head . Why , then , is this crime unknown in England ? Because a cherished minority , of the people of England are not empowered by penal statutes to saliy forth and rob the hated , persecuted , and calumniated majority of their fire-arpis . If such were the case in England , which is buc too true with respect to Ireland , those who under thefcolour of law were robbed of their fire-arm 3 and made the galley slaves of the minority , would endeavour to get their fire-arms back again , same as they do i n Ireland , wholly regardless whether any Noble Lord would call it robbery or not .

      There -was an act paseed in 18 J 9 , entitled , " The Search for Arms Bill . " This bill was brought into Parliament by the late Lord Casilereath , -rebo cui his throat at North Cray , in Kent , three years afterwards . I believe it was the last aci of Parliament ( hat empowered the minority to stizs and carry away the fire-arms of the great majority of the Irish people . Is it fair or just to charge with robbery of fire-arms those who make a feeble tffort occasionally to get their own property back -again ! There is a pardon cf the established church , who is stilllivirg in tbe county Armagh , who Wis a captain of a yeomanry corp 3 as well as a parson , and

      who , in the exuberance of his loyalty , spent the greater part of the Sabbath day drilling and training his corps , and preparing them for " search for arms" campaigns ; and upon such occasions was not nnfr « jnently loo late ia church to exchange his military accoutrements before the performance of divine service , and who was therefore Knder the necesrfiy of throwing b : s surplice over his unfornj , and thus attired , proceed to discharge the dpties of a minister of peace , upon which occasions his sword used to prep out irom under his surplice , to the infinite amusemtnt of the unrigh ; eons , and the disgrace of that church cf which he is a minister .

      With bible and with bayonet , by turns this hero chose , To . save the sonls cf orange friends , and cat doiwi Papist foes . It is very probable that this reverend gentleman is one of those whom Mr . Waller , of the Time * , designated as " surpliced ruffians . " It wouid ocenpy too much of your Lordship ' s time to trouble yen with the perusal of the several statutes empowering and authorising the favoured few to deprive the persecuted many of their firearms in Ireland . But , in order that your Lordship may see those st&intes at one view , I keg leave to refer « u to " Scully ' s Penal Laws , " and " Howard ' s Popery Ca = ( s . " Blackstone says , that the difference between a freeman and a slave is , that the

      one is armed and the other is uot . " The Irish know and feel the full force of this saying . ¦ _ Your Lordship ' s second proposition , which involves the third , is , " that there are mo * e more murders committed in Ireland , and with ' greater lmpunitv , than in any other country in the world . ' This propesition , I regret to sat , is strictly trne . But yeu omitted to state the cause of those murders , the parties guilty of them , and who were the victims . Tio remote cause of those barbarous murders may , with strict justice , be attributed to bad laws . Permit me to observe , en passant , that I am one of these who belitve that Protestants are just a > pious as Catholics , and that they would support their own clergy as the Catholics do , without dipping their hands into their Catholic neighbours' pockets , if the law would permit them to c o so . statute law esta

      The parsons of the church by - blished in Ireland , are empowered by numeronB Btatutes to take , fcy force of areas , by the bayonet and the ; ballet , the property of their Catholic neighbours , for which they gire them no contideration , no value , in return for what they take way , except ihat of declaring , and sometimes swearing , that their faith iB superstitious , idolatrous , and damnable . \ When you stated vhat there were more murders committed in Ireland than in any other country , von were bonnfl , in candour and in jnstie © , to hare stated boldly and fearlessly that ihe nineteenths of those murders wera committed in the collection of , and resistance to , the payment of Uths ; and what makes the case stiil worse , those instances committed in the presence of ministers of religion , claiming the tithe as a debl due toGod Abnighty , for the ion-payment of which , they , God ' s ministers

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      on earth , and magistrates too , exercising both the temporal and spiritual power , commanded the police or soldiers , and sometimes both , to shoot down God ' s creatures , for the 1 ot » of God and a few shillings alleged to be due to him in the shape of tithe . Now , my Lord , this is true ; and let me ask you is there such cruelty , tyranny , cant , and . blasphemy established by law in any other country in the world except intunhippy Ireland ! There were twenty human beings , God ' s creatures , murdered at Skibbereen for a Jew' perches of potatoes which Parson Morritt paid ? was duo to God , but which the poor people refused to dig for kim ; and for which refusal , and for endeavouring to protect those which they bad etoied up as their only food for the winter ,

      there were upwards of twenty of them shot deadm one day . Yet Parson Morritt still lives . ' At Newtonbarry , on the 18 th of June , 1831 , there were fourteen persons brutally and barbarously murdered for a snm of £ 2 6 a ., tithe alleged to have been due to God , by a farmer of the name of Doyle ; but which £ 2 6 s . he refused to pay to a Rev . Gentleman of the name of M'Clintock , who assumed to "be a man of God ajfollower of the Apostles , and a teacher of the doctrines of our blessed Redeemer ; bnt who was , in reality , the brother-in-law of Lord Roden * whom you know is nephew to the celebrated Bishop of Clogher . I Well , Farmer Doyle said that this £ 2 6 s . was not : due to God as alleged by Parson M'Clintock , nor due , according to British statute law , till the November following ; whereupon this man of God , thisparson M'Clintock , the brotherin-law of Lord Roden , who is nephew to the Bishop

      of Clobber , seized npon some half ecore of Farmer Doyle ' sC 9 . 1 ve 9 , impoundedthem , sentforthepolioeand yeomanry to assist ' at iheir sale by auction . The day of 6 ale arrived ; the police and yeomanry were under the command of this Christian minister and Captain Graham ; the cattle were brought out of the pound for sale , when some little boys hissed and hooted at the disgraceful and anti Christian proceedings ; and it is said , a few stones or pebbles were thrown at the , police , whereupon they fired , volley after volley , upon the crowd going to market , —for this tithe slaughter took place upon the * uarket day at Hewtonbarry , —when fourteen persons were shot dead upon the spot , amongst whom was one Mary Mulrooney whose unboru babe was shot dead as well as herself . Here then was a Christian minister 6 hedding blood for money ! Are these crimes enumerated in your Lordship ' s catalogue ?

      Are crimes so revolting as these known in any other part of the world except in Ireland I No , no , my Lord , I am sure they are not . Every country on the face of the earth is a stranger to such scenes of iniquity . At Carrickshoek , on the 14 th of December following , nineteen persons were killed in another tithe affray ; and it was proved that when the unfortunate and hasty Captain Gibbons sbot the man who laid his hand upon the bridle of the horse Captain Gibbons was riding merely to ask him a question about the tithe proctor , against whom all the hostility of the people was directed , the last words he uttered as he fell were— " boys , I am gone ; but remember Newtownbarry . " Thus , you see , that one massacre lays the foundation of another .

      Is this the system yon profess to cure by an Irish Arms' Bill 1 At Wallstown six persons were shot . At Moneoin a similar number . In short , from one end of Ireland to the other the people have , under the « olonr of law ,, been sbot down indiscriminately , for the purpose of maintaining the ministers of a church which , after all these bloody deeds , asserts that it derives its title to support direct from Heaven . I shall pass over the burning of the corn of the poor on the public roads , when the men of God eould not get bidders for it . I fhall pass over the deaths in prison , the seizure , branding , and starving to death the cattle of the poor , for the honour and glory of God and the comfort of the parsons—the seizure and sale of the furniture of my

      own house—the bunting of the people with hound and horn , with horse , foot , and artillery—the writs of rebellion against tithe recusants , by which pauper attorneys amassed large fortunes /; and come at once to the bloodiest clerical tragedy that ever was enacted on the face of the earth , which is that ef Hathcormac , on the 24 th day of December , 1834 , Christmas eve ! It was here that Parson Ryder , a minister of religion-and a justice of the peace , commanded the military to fire upon the people who surrounded the Widow Ryan ' s stack-yard , to prevent this man of God from forcing the gates to take awsy the corn which she had secured in her stackyard and barn . It was here that Parson Ryder commanded ihe military to shoot the people , and thfy did shoot them . And when the heart-broken widow was kneeling by the dead body of her

      bleeding son , Parson Ryder rode up to her and said" Widow Ryan , will you pay me now ! " Did any thing like this ever occur in aay country in the world except Ireland 1 Were the parties guilty of these atrocious crimes brought to justice ? No—not one of them ! It is true , then , &s your Lordship has stated it , that there is more difficulty in bringing guilty parties to justice in Ireland than there is in any other country in the world ; and to obviate the difficulty , and as an all efficient remedy , you bring forward an Irish Arms' Bill ! My Lord , there cannot be a greater proof , or a better one adduced , of the peaceable and forgiving character of the Irish people , than that Papons Ryoer , Hamilton , and Morritt have not been shot long ago , and that Parson M'Clintock , the brother-in-law of ilord Roden , who , bear in miiid , is nephew to the ex-Bishop of Clogher , Jocelyn , died quietly on his bed .

      In my letter of the lOts instant I mentioned that I had always looked upon the meddliDg of the Irish Catholic priesthood in matters which I considered as strictly temporal , to have been , though well-intentioned , exceedingly mischievous . I shall now tell you the reason why their conduct appeared to me to have a mischievous tendency . It will be admitted that it is the duty of every good member of society to adopt the most efficient means to put an end to the shedding of human blood . Now , my lord , when the people were goaded into madness by rack-rent heartless landloids driving them off their estates in thousands , hundreds of whom perished of want ( of which fact there ia ample evidence in the reports of parliamentary committees en the state of Ireland ) ,

      en the one hand , and ministers of religion slaughtered and plundered the people by wholesales on the other hand , and when it was well known , and is notoriously true , that the maddened , goaded , phwdered people , finding that the laws afforded them no rediT 5 s , bnt , on thecojMrary , oppressed them more and more , and gave ; additional impunity to their persecutors , had it in contemplation , as a last resource , and as their only hope of preserving themselves from Htter annihilation , to shoot half a-dpzen of bishops and as many titled rack-rent landlords , which would most unquestionably have put a total stop to any further effusion of hlood , an end to tithe slaughters , and an end to the wholesale depopulation of the country ;—" well , what did the priests do

      iu the midst of these scenes of desolation I f hey one and all preached to the people to abstain from all acts of violence in retaliation ! to submit to the will of God ! and actually made them believe that this cruel treatment was inflicted upoa them by Divine Providence as a scourge for their sins , and that it was their duty as Christians to submit to it ! that the Almighty would afford them redress in due time ; but that they should yield implicit obedience to the laws and those who were placed in power to rule over them . The result of this advice was additional persecution and accumulated wrongs . The parsons and the landlords having now nothing to fear from resistance , went on shooting and plundering the people on one hand , and driving them out of

      their holdings to perish of want and die in the ditcheB in hundreds on the other hand ; wheTeas 1 am thoroughly convinced that had the priests refrained from interfering in the matter at all , the people would have soon redressed their own wrongs ; and although I have an instinctive horror of bloodshed and violence , jet I should , as a choice , prefer beins shot at OBce-to that of being starved to death by hunger , Nor can 1 for the life of me see the difference , in moral turpitude , between a parson of the Established Church shooting a peasant for a few shillings tithe , and a peasant shooting a parson is retaliation ; and considering tho rank in society , the education and profession of the parson , there cannot be a shadow of doubt , on the mind of any rational man that the balance of guilt is on the side of the

      parson . Have you , my Lord , ever heard of any country in the world , except Ireland alone , where the ministers of a religion of a very small minority of the people were authorised by statute law to shed blood for money 1 Ministers professing Christianity , and at the same time trampling upon the acts of the Apostles , and relying with impunity upon Acts of Parliament ! Or have you erer heard of any other country , except Ireland , where the priests of the people's choice preached resignation and submission and in

      to such unparalleled tyranny , oppression , - justice ! Depend upon it , that the Irish Anns' Bill will not be a remedy for these evils which cry aloud to heaven for vengeance . " The people will disregard it ; they-will see nothing in it but a perseverance in the old system cf arming a privileged few against a whole nation ; they will lose all confidence in the laws , and abandon all hopes of redress ; experience will have taught them that , following even the advice of their clergy has had no other effect than that of having given additional impnnity to their oppressors ; and in their evil notions

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      of retributive justice will proceed not to shoot tithe proctors , and agents of rack-rent « o 6 femen , but will with hard ropes go to the houses ! of the authors pf their offerings , the bishops of the established church and the titled rackrenters , and deal with them in theur hour of despair as the Warden of Galway dealt with his only son when he hanged him out of his window . ; Now , n » y Lord , before yon proceed further with that ridiculous farce , the Irish arma'biU , I hope that you will in justice to my country , is justice to your own character as a statesman , appoint a committee of theJ 3 ou 8 e of Commons to inquire into the truth of the several allegations set forth in this letter , with a vieW | to the enactment of som j just , equitable , and salutary law for Ireland , i Thanking ! you , which I do , my Lord , most sincerely for , the courtesy and promptitude of your Lordship ' s answer to my communication of the 10 th inst .

      I have the henonr to be , my Lord , your Lordship's most obedient servant , - Patrick O'Higgins . Right Hon . Lord Eliot , Irish Office , London . P . S . Last there should be any delay in bringing the subject 'before the House of Commons , and in order that your Lordship may have the most effective means of directing the attention of the Government and the supporters of the Government to the real foundation , cause , and origin of those crimes in Ireland which your Lordship enumerated , I have sent the correspondence to the press for publication , and shall transmit to your Lordship and to each of her Majesty ' s Ministers a copy of the newspaper containing it . P . O'H . lobd eliot ' s bvplt .

      Irish Office , July 18 , 1843 . Sib , —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 15 th instant . I am , Sir , your obedient servant . Eliot . Patrick O ^ Higcins , Esq ., Dublin .

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      HEY ^ VOOD . —A camp meeting washolden in this village , on Sunday last , tbe 23 rd inst , which was numerously attended , considering the very unfavourable state of the weather . The speakers , Messrs . Wood and Chad wick , of Rochdale ; Mills , of Whitwortn , and Bell , of fleywoed , acquitted themselves to the satisfaction ot tbe audience ; sod succeeded in removing a portion of the apathy ihat has holden possession of the working class of this once spirited village ever since the unfortunate turn-out in August last , Lecture—A lecture was delivered in the evening , in tbe Association Room , Hartley-street , by Mr . Wood , of Rochdale , to a numerous and attentive audience . At the close a goodly number of males and females enrolled themselves as members of the Association . From the spirit evinced on Sunday , we soon expect to see Heywood herself Again . :

      LONDON . —Golden Lion , Dean Street , Soho . — Mr . Preston j delivered a spirited and instructive lecture here , on Sunday evening last , which was well received by tbe audience . Star , Golden Lane . —On Sunday last the following resolution-was carried unanimously :: — " That it is with feelings of sorrow that we read in the Star the two letters from four imprisoned brothers , complaining of the neglect of the Chartists towards their families ; and we are decidedly in favour of a Committee being elected pro ( em , according to the suggestion of the Editor of the Star ; for we ate of opinion that there are many families at this moment pining in sorrow , neglected and forgotten . We are also prepared with' our mites to aid a General Victim Fund , and will support Bone other ; for we consider that the man xvho takes a prominent part in tbe Agitation has no more right or call to be supported than the mtin who does Dot take a prominent part ; All ought to share alike , without distinction to cIslss or rank ^'

      BIFMINGHAIYI . —At a meeting of the A 8 tonstreet locality , on Monday evening , July 24 , it was resolved , '' That it is tbo opinion of this meeting , a Conference of Delegates from the Chartists of tbe various towns and localities in the United Kingdom , to consider and adopt a dean ite plan of general Organisation , should be holden , on the last Monday iu August ; and that tbe said Conference should take place in Birmingham , it being roost favourably situated for that purpose . '' It was also resolved , " That the various plans of Organization which hud appeared in the Star should be brought before a General Meeting of the Members of the locality on Monday evening , July 31 st , at seven o ' clock , that the wishes of the locality may be ascertained , and instructions for a delegate formed " .

      DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met at six o ' clock on Sunday last , at No . 14 , North Anne Street / Mr . Simon Tobio in the chair , Tbe following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That having ascertained beyond all doubt or question that tbe reason jwhy the British Minister abandoned bis original threat to embody the English militia regiments , for tbe purpose of putting down , by force of arms , the Repeal Movement , upon the old Castlereagb system of arming the ; British people and bringing them into hostile collision witb the Irish in Ireland , and vice versa , was entirely ; and exclusively owing to the wide-spread influence and indominable spirit of Chartism ; that tbe returns which were made to the general orOer to embody tbe militia , by the Lieutenants and Deputy Lieutenants

      of Counties , and Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels of tbe Staff of the several militia regiments in England , were to the effect that the great majority of the working classes of Great Britain were so deeply embuod with Chartist principles , it would be dangerous to enroll , drill , arm , aod equip them ; that it was impossible to raise a regiment m England ¦ without hating two-thuda of the men not only favourable to a Kepeal of the Union , but to a severance of the two countries , should tbo Irish desire it ; that nearly the whole of the English peasantry , and a vast portion of tbe middle ciasses , including the entire body of Dissenters , are opposed to the continuance of a Protestant Church Establishment in Ireland , and anxiously desire iti » total and immediate abrogation ; that after this signal service te the people

      of Ireland , ! those who arrogate to themselves the exclusive advocacy of the Kepeal of the Union , will be guilty of base ingratitude , unless they publicly ack owledge tbe noble , independent , and truly Christian conduct of tbe British Chartists ; that it is now obvious that the minister cannot , for any bounty , get Chartists to enlist in a crusade against the liberties of the people of Ireland ; and | that , therefore , hia only hope to put down the Rfepeal Movement , is by getting Irishmen , ¦ who are notjChartists , to enlistforfchat tyrannical purpose . That ; we , the members ofe the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , in public meeting lawfully assembled , do hereby most cordially and heartily tender our warmest thanks to our British Chartist Brethren for having , by a strict adherence to the . true and genuine

      principles of liberty , disappointed tbeMiniBterand saved the country ! from the horrors of a civil war ; and we emphatically call upon every honest man in Ireland to join us in our grateful thanks to the Chartists of Great Britain . " This resolution was passed amidst tbe most enthusiastic jcheering . A wonderful change in favour of Chartism ! has taken place daring the last week in consequencei of the publication of a correspondence between Mr . O'Biggins and Lord Eliot , although it appears in 6 ne paper only , the Freeman's Journal , n » other paper having had either the courage or the honesty to publish itl Tbat sneaking , beggarly , half republican , toad-eating and sycophantic paper * tbe Nation , declined the publication of this admirable , correspondence ; for this correspondence gave the lie to the Nation , and all other trading politicians who have asserted eve * and

      over again that Mr . O'fllggJns and the Irish Universal Suffrage Askociation were in the pay of the Tories . They refused to do this act of common justice to a man and an association which they have basely calumniated . Hundreds of pounds of the public money havu been spent in fruitless efforts to suppress Chartism in Ireland . Even the very Catholic Churches have been the depots of bearing false witness against Chartists ; the walls of those sacred edifices have been polluted by tbe false testimony of tbe O / Connells , the Steels , the Daunts , tbe Rays , the Mc'Nallys , the Byrnes , the Frenches , the Hearnes , tbe Mo'HughB , fhe Keilys , and others . Never * tbele 8 a Chartism is flourishing in Inland . Nothing has tended so much to dispel the delusion under which tbe citizens of Dublin were labouring , as this recent correspondence with Lord Eliot

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      5 TOCKPORT . —On Sunday evening last , a large and respectable meeting was held in the commodious room , Hillgate , Mr . Joseph Carter was chosen to preside . After opening the meeting in an aporopriate address , the chairman introduced Mr . M . Daly , the eloquent advocate of temperance and democracy , who rivited the attention j of his numerous hearers by one of the most fervid appeals to their sense of justice and patriotism , in support of the Charter we ever heard . He depicted in glowing terms , the deplorable state of the toiling millions , which he properly attributed to nji ' sgovernment and intemperance . At the conclusion , the thanks of the meeting was voted to Mr . Daly .

      On Wednesday Evening Mr . Thomas Clark lectured on Carr Green , on " the wrongs of Ireland . " There was a numerous attendance of the " Exiles of Erin" who paid the greatest attention , and manifested their approval of j the manner in which Mr . Clark handled his subj-jct by frequent bursts of applause . The rain falling heavily compelled the lecturer to conclude much sooner than he wished . On Thursday Evening Mr . Clark was again announced to lecture in the open air ; but Mr . Da vies , of Hawick , being ! iu town , that gentleman , at the request of Mr . Clark , addressed the people , aud gave unbounded satisfaction .

      The Moral Movement . —The Temperance cause is progressing rapidly here . Mr . W . Daly , late of Todmorden , has been delivering a course of excellent lectures upon that subject , iu which he has clearly proven that without temperance men are totally incompetent to the task of self-government , no matter what may be their talent , education , or station in society . Mr . George Bradburn has likewise rendered by his services much valuable assistance to the glorious auxiliary of Chartism . MOSSLEY . —Mr . James Leach of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the Chartists' meeting room , Brook-bottom , * ' On the Corn Laws and machinery , " to a good audience , who listened with the greatest attention , and manifested the high satisfaction they felt , by giving , ia proof of their approbation , a vote of thanks to the lecturer . 1

      LEICESTER . —On Monday , according to announcement , a public meeting Was holden in the Marketplace , to take into consideration the propriety of erecting " a Democratic Hall bf Science" for the use of tbe working classes . Mr . ] ft inters in the chair . After the reading of the address , Mr . Edwards moved , and Mr . Osborn seconded , the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion . jof this meeting , that it is desirable that a Democratic Hall of Science , to be devoted to the moral , social , political , and intellectual culture of the mind , should be erected , containing a

      library , ltcture- / ooui , school-room , reading-rooms , committee-rooms , and other conveniences , for the use of the working classes . " This was ably supported by Mr . Samuel Parbes , of Sheffield , and carried unanimously . Mr . Toon moved , and Mr . jHunt seconded , " That the system of raising shares and contributions , laid down ia the address to the working classes , be adopted . " Carried unanimously . Mri Bowman moved , and Mr . Jones seconded , " That this meeting pledge themselves to use their most strenuous ez-vrtions in raising shares and contributions towards carrying out the contemplated object . " Carried by acclamation . A committee

      ef management was then unanimously elected . STALYBRiDGE —The Chartists of this place held a camp meeting on tbe Hague , on Sunday last , but ewing to the boisterous Bta-de' of the weather , they Were obliged to adjourn to thej Association Room . Mr . Thomas Metcalfe was unanimously called to the chair . The afternoon ' s meeting was addressed by M >' . Storer , from Auhton-under-Lyne , ( Mt . Lund , from Lancaster , and Mr . Wm . Dixon . In the evening , Mr . Dixon delivered a lecture upon " The Land—the only Remedy for our National Distress ')' . Tbe lecture wa 3 well attended by the fustian-jackets , who gave vent to their feelings ; all expressing aj wish to be placed on the land in preference to being immured within tbe " rattleboxes" . | SHEFFIELD . —The Organization . —The

      discussion of this subject was , resumed on Wednesday evening last , when the scheme of a " perambulating Executive" as proposed by Mr . Gammage was rejected . ( Jn Sunday evening , the subject was again resumed , Mr . Briggs in f the chair . The system of " centres , " proposed by Mr . Featherston was approved of ; the " emergency" and " reserve" committees , proposed by the same gentleman were also approved of . An interesting discussion followed on Mr . Harney' 8 suggestion lof the " shilling payment /' which at nine o ' clock was adjourned to Wednesday evening .

      The Victims . —At thejmeetiag of the Council on Sunday , the following resolution was adopted : — " That we approve of the ] suggestion of the Editor of the Northern Star for the immediate appointment of a committee at Manchester , for the relief of the families of the incarcerated victims ; and recommend the appropriation ! by the said committee of any funds in the hands ofj Mr . Cleave , or any other person collected for such purpose . At the same time thia council urges upon the country the necessity of one fund for all general purposes connected with the Chartist movement , which can only be established through the re-organization of the Chartis > t party , which they trust will be speedily accomplished . " }

      The Conference . —Tqe following resolution was also adopted : — " That , reiterating our willingness to abide by the decision o ' f the majority of the Chartist localities , as to tho place and date of the asseaiblinK of the Conferencei wo earnestly request our brother Chartists in all Idealities where the subject has not yet been discussed , to immediately give their decision , as to the proprinty of such Conference , and the place and date of its assembling * and to send th eir decision to tLe Narthern Star by August let . " Visit of Mr . Hill ^ tq Sheffield . —This gentleman paid us a visit on Monday last . We had applied for the use of thd Town Hall , but was refused . No matter . It ] legitimately we may not hold our meetings in the Town Hall , then

      illegitimately we will do so . JLet opportunity offer , and the " respectables" shall have cause to regret that they drove us to turn their fraudulent meetings into Chartist gathering . Nbt another place could be procured ; and we had ( to content ourselves with the Association Room , Fig-tree Lane , which will comfortably hold some hundreds . On this occasion they were rather more numerous than comfortable . A systematic attempt had been made by some base scoundrels to prevent the meeting being known , by tearing down and dci ' acirig the bills in every part of the towu . The skulking iknaves are known , and on all Suing occasions shall ) be held up to the scorn of the pubhe . A i ei ^ ht o ' clock , the room was densely , and shortlv after that hour most uncomfortably ,

      crowdod . Mr . Hill * on hir entrance , was greeted with hearty applause- On tho motion p f Mr . Havnty , Mr . Evmsonwas called to the chair , who , after a brief speech , concluded by introducing Mr . Hill . Mr . H . spoko | for nearly three hours , and delivered an address , which , for statistical research , sound knowledge , correct principles of political economy , a thorough exposure of the cause © i present evils , and a brief , but plain , showing of the remedy has never been equalled by any lecturer who has visited Sheffield . Mri . Hill , in the course of hiB address , was deservedly ! and enthusiastically applauded . At the conclusion pf the lecture , Mr . Edwin Giil proposed the following resolution : — " That this meeting return 3 ita hearty thanks to the Rev . Wm . Hill , for his eloquent lecture this evening : and at the same time we cannot separate

      without expressing our unqualified approbation of his past laborious services in the people ' s cause , more especially as the talented conductor of that bright luminary , the Northern £ tart which under his management has so ably instructed the people in the knowledge of their rights , and the only remedy for their wrongs—the establishment of toe People's Charter . " Mr . Julian Harney seconded the resolution , which on being put to the vote was carried with but one dissentient ! That gentleman being a member of the ( we believe ) now defunct Political Institute . Mr . Hill returned thanks , and retired amidst the hearty expressed good wishes of his auditors . Mr . Hill ' s lecture has excited great interest and will be productive of jimmeiise good . His favouring us with another visit at the earliest possible moment is moat anxiously desired by the democrats of Sheffield ,

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      Jyi ~ ^ ir i ^ ll '' - HULL . —At a special meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , to consider the various plans of Organization , it was resolved : —l 8 t . " That we , the Hull Chariisss . are fully corivincad of the anxiety that fsiBts for an efficient Organizition of the Chartist body ; that we highly approve of a National Conference

      being holden to effect that desirable object ; that we consider Birmingham , as the most csutral , the best place for the pisembling of such Conference ; and that the 5 th of September is tbe earliest day that can 13 named to allow all placss in the country an opportunity of completing the necessary arrangements , so that such Conference may be realty a national one . " 2 nd . "That the different localities of tbe National Charter Aseociction be requested to give their opinions on the subject of Organization as early as possible . "

      Notice . —The Secretary of the Hull Chartbts wisbrn to bear from tbe Secretaries of tbe following places , with their address , as early as possible , as be is desirous of corresponding with them on important business . — Selby , Gainsbro' , Doncaster , Beverley , and Pockllngton . CommunicatioDS to be addressed 8 , West-street Court , West-street

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      Notice—Mr . O'Connor will address the Chartists of Trowbridfie on this day ( Saturday ) . Oa Monday , he will address the Chartists of Frome , at six o ' clock in the evening ; and on Tuesday , he will address the Chartists of Bermondsey , in their room , Long Lane . Ireland for the Irish . Repeal of the Union . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will leoture on the above subject , on Wednesday evening next , in the Large Theatre of the South London Hall of Science , ( late Rotunda . ) Blackfriars' Road , to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Admittance Id ., Gallery , 23 . Englishmen ! shew your sympathy with our much wronged and suffering brethren of Ireland ia their struggle for justice . —God prosper the people .

      London . —An harmonic meeting will be held at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , opposite St . Ann ' s Church , on Tuesday , August 8 th , at eight precisely , for the benefit of Mr . Railton , of Manchester . Stab , Golden L / ke . —There will be a lecture delivered here on Sunday next , at eight in the evening , by a talented gentleman . . Golden Lion , Dean Stbbet , Soho . —A general meeting of the members of this locality will be holden at the above place , on Sunday evening next , to make arrangements for sending delegates to the projected National Conference . A leoture will also be delivered , by Mr . Bolwell , on ^ the Life of Robert Emmett ; " to commence at eight o ' clock

      Marylebone . —Second Annual Excursion to Watford , on Monday , August 7 th , 1843 , —The Committee of the Marylebone Association having made arrangements with the landlord of the Wheatsheaf Inn , at Watford , for the accommodation of the party , in his Tea Gardens , are confident that nothing will be wanting to render them both comfortable and pleasant . Tickets 29 . each . Vans will start in the morning , from Circua-atreet , New Road , at eight o'clock precisely . Towbr Hamlets . —The Chartists of the Tower Hamlets are requested to attend the funeral obseo . aies of a deceased brother , Mr . Willmore , on bauday , August 6 th , at the Cambridge Road C :-metery . The procession will start from Mr . Drake's , Standard of Liberty , Brick Lane , at half-past two o ' clock .

      . Hetwood . —Mr . James Read will preach two sermons in the Chartist Association Room , Hartley Street , on Sunday next , the 30 ih inst ., to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six o ' clock in the evening . A collection will be made at the close of each sermon towards defraying the expences . Oldham . —Mr . William Dixon will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at half-past six iu the evening , when a collection will be made to defray the expence of the room . cutheroe . —Mr . Bairstow will leoture in Padihanu on Thursday evening , August 4 th , and in Clitheroe , on Saturday evening , August 6 th , on the open space of ground over Shaw Bridge , at six o ' clock precisely .

      Rochdale . —A camp meeting will be holden tomorrow ( Sunday ) , on Roolay Moor , near Lane Head ; to commence at two o ' olock . A friend will lrcture the same evening , in the Chartist Room , top of Yorkshire-street ; to commence at half-past six o ' clock . Shaw . —On Sunday , the 6 th of August , a camp meeting will be holden on Shore Edge , near Shaw ; to commence at two o'clock . Bradford . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , a camp meeting will be holden at Undercliffe , at ten o ' clock in the morning . Messrs . Hurley , Dawson , Alderson , and Ross have promised to attend . White Abbet . —The Chartists of White Abbey will meet on Monday evening , at eight o'clock ; a deputation from the Council will atteud . The question of Organization will be discussed .

      The Members of the General Council will meet ia their room , Butterwbrth Buildings , at eis o ' clock on Sunday evening . The delegates from Dewsbury will report the proceedings and result of that important meeting . Halifax —A special delegate meeting of this district will be holden on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at twa o ' clock iu the afternoon , in the Association Room , Pelton Lane . A good attendance of delegates is particularly requested . Wablby . —A camp meeting will be holden on Warley Moor , on Sunday , August 6 " ch ; to commence at two o ' clock iu the afternoon .

      Chesibr Delegate Meeting .- ^—The adjourned Chester County Delegate Meeting will be holden at Macclesfield , on Sunday , August 6 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon : all communications for the meeting to be addressed to Mr . John Warren , at Mr . D . Oldham ' s , Pack-green , Macclesfield . SitsToN . —The Chartists of Silston are requested to meet at Mr . John Pepper's next Sunday mornings at nine o ' clock . Mr . J . Pepper will preach at Riddings next Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at half past two o ' olock in the afternoon ; and at six o ' clock in the evening , in Mr . Malt ley ' a yard , at the sign of the New Inn . An Harmonic Meeting will be held at the Feathers , Warren-street , Tottenham Court R ^ ad , on Monday next , at eight o'clock in the evening . The proceeds to be given to the wife of the patriot Cooper .

      SoMERSTOWN . —There will be a lecture on Sunday evening next , at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Bricklayer ' s Arms ^ Tonbridge-atreet , New-road . A General Meeting of the Chartists of Somem Town is called for Tuesday evening next , on important business . Ma . Fussell will lecture at the Black Horae and Windmill , Fieldgate-street , Whitechapel , on Sunday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening . The Members of the above locality will please to attend a general meeung on Tuesday evening next , on business of importance . Stockport . —On Sunday evening , at six o ' clook , Mr . Thos . Davies , oV Hawick , Sootland , will lecture in the large room , Hillga-. e . Admission , One Penny .

      Lough borough . —A Delegate Meeting for this neighbourhood , will be holden on Sunday , August the 6 th , at 5 P m ., at the Charter Hotel , when it is hoped that every village will send a delegate . . East Leake . —Mr . Skevington will address the friends of freedom at this place , on Monday the 7 th of August . Manchester . —Mr . James Leach will lecture iu the Carpeuters' Hall , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . There will sho be a Discussion , in the Large Anti-Room of the above Hall , to commenoe at half-past two o ' clock ia the afternoon . Subject— " Arc the Chartists justified in uniting the Land question with the agitation for the Charter ?"

      South Lancashire . —Mr . Leach's Route for the ensuing week : —Monday , the 31 st , Milnrow , near Rochdale ; Tuesday , August 1 st , Ashtou-under-Lyno ; Wednesday , 2 nd , Stay ley Bridge ; Thursday , 3 rd , Failswonh ; Friday 4 th , HoIIinwood ; Sunday 6 th , Rochdale . „ The Coal Miners will hold a Camp Meeting , at Little Lever , on Sunday ( to-morrow , ) at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon . The Miners of Ratclite Bridge , Halshaw Moor , Rtngley , ahd the other places in the neighbourhood are expected to attend . A" Delegate Meeting will be holden at Blackstone Edge , near Littleborough , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at tJsveii o ' clock in the forenoon . Delegates must bring credentials with them *

      Sheffield .- —Fig-Tree Lane . w Labour ' s Whosgs and Labour's Remedy . " — On Monday evening , Mr , Harney will deliver an address on " The past condition of the industrious classes of this country , ' commencing at eight o ' clock precisely . A Members' meeting on Wednesday evening , August 2 nd . After the usual business , the discussion on " Organization" will be reBumed . The dracusiion will be continued on Thursday and Friday evenings , commencing at eight o ' clock . Leeds . —Mr . T . B . Smith will preach in the Vicar's Croft , on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) , at half-past seven o ' clock . Subject—" The duties of Englishmen as Christians towards their Irish brethren , in the present fearful state of public affairs . " ¦ .

      A Delegate Meeting of the West Riding will be held to-morrow morning , in the large room over the Co-operative Store , Dewsbury , at eleven o ' clock ; business of great importance to the Riding is to be brought forward . Mb . Christopher Doyle , from Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Cheapside , to-morrow afternoon , at half-past two ; in the evening at halfpast six ; and on Monday night , at eight o'clock . The Nation and Northern Star will be read in ihe above Room to-morrow evening , at half-past fire ; and on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock .

      A . Concert and Ball is ^ eLJsraBdidy every Saturday night , at half-paftS % 6 v ^^ 6 i « Sio the ahofe room . £ 7 ^ r ^^^^\ v ^ 1

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      OX 2 > BA 3 O . —On Sunday last , Mr . Leach of Hyde , flenven . damost energefie ) ectuiel&a nnmeronsanu uspecuble audience , in the Chartist room , Greaves * sirST ; a * -the eonclnson rf winch , it ™ & m >* ni inouslj agreed that a camp meeting sWd take place on £ he 13 th of August , at two o'clock m tke sftenioon » •• IHesial Ijjerotemest . —On Monday , the members of ihe CharriBt bodj , st their ^ eekiy meeung , agteed to establish an instruction class * or mental ittja-ovement .

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      Since -we jreeerved the above we have been favoured -with the following account of the accident from 3 di . O'Connor "himtfiif . Mt deab . Hobos , —It was my iEtention to have written a letter for the Star this day , hut in consequence cf a Tery serious accident that occurred to me yesterday . I cannot go at it as 1 should wiFh . After ihe tea party at Bath , I started whh Mr . Boberts to attend a meeting at Frome ; and when 1 snared ihtie , I found ihai Jaetion had actually drivea the poor Chartists to a distance of half a mBe irran ihe town to meet in a kind of factory Monging to some good fellow , more considerate than others of Ms order . 1 had not spoken more than a few sentences when the whole floor gave

      "way a = if by magic , and every soul was pitched , hi ^ glfcdy piggledy , heads and poims , to ihe ground floor , myself amongst the rest . Several poor erearcrea have been sadly injured , some of whose wounds I saw dressed , and 1 have received several bruises , and -what is still TvoTEe , a severe jagged tear sJl along the inside of mj leg . I : gives me great pain , and I am not able to stand upon it . Howt-rer , as 1 am expected in Bristol to night , 1 must take a silting shot at them rather than disappoint liino . Mr . Roberts has no mercy ; he has cm out for ane "work this week ihat a horse could hot perform ; hovrevei , as I feel convinced thai 1 ha . ' fs « iaiie gT ^ t good : in Both , in the vray « f healing G ; 2 iT « $ i £ es- 1 am even received to my own

      WeundL Aldenran Crisp took the chair at our 2 doDuEj nighi sieeting , which was & good one , and in Ms opening speech fully maintained the character ¦ which he has so Justly earned in his own locality . It JfcbIg he a fortunate thing if every tovni had its Cri- » . Last aighi , our tea parry consisted for the inosi pan of -trealJajy-loo'king , comtiv , neaUv-dreesed , lEspeciabie working men's wives , and the most thii . tifcg portion of the several sections of Chartisa ; . Everything went off well and comfortably ; ano 1 hsTe ^ he Tanity to ibisk that 2 have inspired them wun strong hope to be fulfilled by improved Orgfiuzation , I should state that on our entry inio Promc l . ^ Tii ^ ii , there were "fast nnmbexs of persons who had come from the conntry congregated

      in xhe bireeis , in ihe expectation of bemg abi ? xo render some serriee to ihe cause . One Tery respectable yrniigman , of the name of Israel Reed , gave ira a j-hiUing for the Defence Fund , which you will hafe lie goodness to acknowledge under its proper htad . As uynal , 1 lost a new hat , and was neaT losing my jneat coat , and I have received much more Eencus injury than that which was iu&cted on sue either at ItoiiiBjfhaia or Manchester . How aj leg escaped even as it did , I am at 3 loss to know , as the trousers from the knee down was fhredt-d in ribbons , and the sole of my boot was seariy split . 2 suppose that I must be reserved Jor

      some purpose ; or I shonld have been kiHed before sow . A rumour ran ihrough the town liie wiin-£ re thai I had been MHed ; and in truth 1 cm a 3 SD& 1 ridiculous figure , walking from ihe ruins to fee iiad 2 nn , with obb leg bare from the knee , and pbHtrcd over , and a little ieathern cap npoa my >> p »< V 1 never remember any circumstance to have created : so &ep a sensation , as the working men sn ifeai the Liberals bare used them vtry badly-1 am going to Erome again on Monday evenifig EF \ l 3 and mast conclude for the present , your * * , Tery truly , Fsabccs OToxsob . ^ ediiesday , July 26 th ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct492/page/1/